docs: def validate(self, input_string):
          """
          Validate input_string against a regex pattern
  
          :return: True if match / False otherwise
          """
          validation_result = False
          try:
              validation_result = bool(match(pattern=self.pattern, string=input_string))
          except TypeError as e:
              self.log.error(
                  'Exception while validating Regex, pattern={}, input_string={} - exception: {}'.format(self.pattern,
                                                                                                         input_string,
                                                                                                         e))
          return validation_result